Judging by the title of the application, I figured this application would be a dictionary for your iPhone or iPod Touch. You know, look up words and find their definitions. Well, upon installing and reviewing the app…I found that it is actually a translation dictionary.

Dictionary will come with a few translation dictionaries already installed. If you select the settings icon in the lower left corner, you can delete those dictionaries and choose the ones that suit you best. In the Settings you can choose the size of the font, edit the list of dictionaries that are installed and download new dictionaries. The dictionaries that are available for download are in categories based on the language you would like to translate from. The languages include; Danish, English, Bulgarian, French, German, Hungarian and Russian. Once you choose the language you would like to translated from (say English) you will then get a list of of languages to translate to. For Example, English to Latin or English to Spanish or English to French…etc.

To search for a word, just start typing the word into the search bar on the main page. It will bring up a list of relevant words. Once you have found the word you are looking for, select it. You will get a list of that word translated into all the languages that you down-loaded.

This application come with a free three day trial and then you have to resister it. I would tell you how much it is but, when you try to register it…you get a page saying the account has been suspended.

Overall, a pretty basic application with a pretty basic design and user interface. However, it would be a useful app for those times when you need to quickly translate a word! I would like to see the dictionaries have a little better titles once installed. You can get Dictionary via the iSpazio source.

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Talking Spanish PhraseBook is a handy little application that translates common English phrases into Spanish. The best part about the application is that you are able to play audio of the Spanish translation. When you open the application you will get a list of topics that include; Essentials, Travel, Accommodation, Food and Drink, Socializing, Shopping, Medical, Dates and Time, Numbers, Emergencies and Copyright Info. Inside each topic, you will then get a list of categories in that topic or a list of phrases to choose from.

For example in the Essentials topic, there are phrase such as; Do you speak English, I don’t Understand…etc. In the Accommodations topic there are four categories; Locating, Booking, Requesting and Complaints. In each of these you will find phases such as; I’m Looking for a hotel, Do you have any vacancies, May I have another towel…etc. When you select a phrase, it will open to that phrase’s page where the phrase will be written in English and Spanish. There will also be a speaker icon at the bottom of the screen. If selected, it will play audio of the phrase in Spanish. the audio is good quality making it very clear and very understandable. There are a ton of great phrases to choose from in this application, it is definitely a must have if traveling (or if you are trying to learn Spanish!). You can also get Talking French Phrasebook, Talking German Phrasebook and Talking Italian Phrasebook…all of which are free.